Platanthera bifolia
(L.) Rich. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Platanthera bifolia's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility206 230 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI32 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Platanthera bifolia, commonly known as the lesser butterfly-orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Platanthera, having certain relations with the genus Orchis, where it was previously included and also with the genus Habenaria. It is a Palaearctic species occurring from Ireland in the west, across Europe and Asia to Korea and Japan. It is also found in North Africa. The name Platanthera is derived from Greek, meaning "broad anthers", while the species name, bifolia, means "two leaves".
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits1
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Platanthera bifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Platanthera bifolia carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 4252×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl +14
2n 162×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 211×CCDB · Cave1956
2n 401×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 211×CCDB · Cave1963
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type206 230 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions64 of 153 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 1 756 |
| Helsinki, FI | 707 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 408 |
| Trondheim, NO | 362 |
| LDlocation not on record | 350 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 314 |
| South Kensington, GB | 311 |
| Paris, FR | 296 |
| Kuopio, FI | 234 |
| Uppsala, SE | 225 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 224 |
| Salzburg, AT | 208 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 169 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 154 |
| Bergen, NO | 139 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 130 |
| Turku, FI | 119 |
| IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record | 105 |
| Tartu, EE | 101 |
| BClocation not on record | 88 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 88 |
| Olocation not on record | 86 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 85 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 84 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 81 |
| Brussel, BE | 68 |
| Oulu, FI | 66 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 66 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 60 |
| Tallinn, EE | 56 |
| Philadelphia, US | 55 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 55 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 51 |
| Wlocation not on record | 46 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 44 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 41 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 39 |
| KR | 32 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 30 |
| Görlitz, DE | 27 |
| Bern, CH | 27 |
| Dresden, DE | 26 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 25 |
| Barcelona, ES | 25 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 24 |
| Vitoria, ES | 24 |
| MAlocation not on record | 22 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 21 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 20 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 20 |
| Zürich, CH | 20 |
| Porvoo, FI | 20 |
| Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherovlocation not on record | 20 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 18 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 17 |
| València, ES | 17 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 16 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 15 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 15 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 15 |
| Chicago, US | 14 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 13 |
| Madison, US | 12 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 12 |
| Zürich, CH | 11 |
| Mlocation not on record | 11 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 11 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 10 |
| Tampa, US | 10 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 9 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Sichuan Grassland Research Institutelocation not on record | 8 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Winterthur, CH | 7 |
| New Haven, US | 7 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 7 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 7 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 7 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 7 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 7 |
| Glarus, CH | 6 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 6 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 6 |
| Bourges, FR | 6 |
| Plocation not on record | 6 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 6 |
| Tilburg, NL | 6 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 6 |
| PRClocation not on record | 5 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 5 |
| Pamplona, ES | 5 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 5 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 5 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 5 |
| Madrid, ES | 4 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 4 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| Salvador, BR | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| NBSIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 3 |
| nbflocation not on record | 3 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Xining, CN | 3 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| H-Wolflocation not on record | 2 |
| Salamanca, ES | 2 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| H-Meierottlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Voronezh State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 2 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| H-HarzOttolocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Harvard Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Platanthera bifolia was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.